Uriel Lynn

Uriel Lynn was born in 1935 in Jerusalem

Lynn was born Uriel Assoulin in the Old City of Jerusalem. His father, Yehonatan Assoulin, came from Morocco, and his mother, Margalit Chazan, was born in the country. His grandfather, Rabbi Ben-Zion Mordechai Chazan, was a founder of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva.

He grew up in the Meir Shfeya and Ben Shemen youth villages and studied at the Haifa Marine School. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a master's degree with highest honors. From 1961 to 1963 he earned a second master's degree in law at the University of California, Berkeley.

He worked for the Jewish National Fund in the United States, then practiced law in Israel and served as general counsel of ATA Textiles. In 1977 he became director of the Israeli-North American Investment Authority. From 1979 he was Director of State Revenue, and 11 taxes were canceled or reduced on his initiative.

In 1982 he became Director-General of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, where he pushed the move of power plants from fuel oil to coal. He entered the Knesset for Likud in 1984 and helped pass the Antitrust Law. In the 12th Knesset he chaired the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, which passed 95 new laws.